US Election Week 2020

[Barrister]

This thread needs a rename. US Election Season/Coup Attempt 2020-2021?

I left it because clearly the election itself was over after about a week - we knew who the winner was.

All these other shenanigans are something, but they have nothing to do with the election.

[DGuller]

Actually, I think that's an interesting article but yeah as it says these days pretty much a phrase one should avoid as too tainted by racism.

Can we just clean up the tainted words and sayings instead?  This is 2021, it seems so wasteful to throw out words and sayings every time someone perceives them to be tainted, we'll run out of combinations of letters at some point.

[Razgovory]

I hope it dawns on everyone that humoring Trump's crazy conspiracy theories is not harmless.

[DGuller]

He tweeted a video where he said "We love you, but go home". That's some stepping.

Apparently, Biden *was* kept in a basement these last four years.

I hope all this kumbaya bullshit Biden keeps trotting out is just a pragmatic thing to say, and that he doesn't really believe it.  We can't afford to have another Democratic president who is criminally naive about the true nature of his political opponents.

[Caliga]

I hope all this kumbaya bullshit Biden keeps trotting out is just a pragmatic thing to say, and that he doesn't really believe it.  We can't afford to have another Democratic president who is criminally naive about the true nature of his political opponents.

He was in the Senate for decades and the White House for almost a decade more.  Something tells me he's not naive, no.

[The Brain]

He tweeted a video where he said "We love you, but go home". That's some stepping.

Apparently, Biden *was* kept in a basement these last four years.

I hope all this kumbaya bullshit Biden keeps trotting out is just a pragmatic thing to say, and that he doesn't really believe it.  We can't afford to have another Democratic president who is criminally naive about the true nature of his political opponents.

FWIW I thought Biden's speech was OK.

[garbon]

Actually, I think that's an interesting article but yeah as it says these days pretty much a phrase one should avoid as too tainted by racism.

Can we just clean up the tainted words and sayings instead?  This is 2021, it seems so wasteful to throw out words and sayings every time someone perceives them to be tainted, we'll run out of combinations of letters at some point.

We are probably pretty far off from that.

[The Larch]

Don't know if it was said already or not, maybe it's lost in the shuffle, but Osoff has won the other Georgia senate race.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Don't know if it was said already or not, maybe it's lost in the shuffle, but Osoff has won the other Georgia senate race.

He really worked his Ossoff for that victory.

[Solmyr]

Don't know if it was said already or not, maybe it's lost in the shuffle, but Osoff has won the other Georgia senate race.

Let's hope there's still a republic with a senate in two weeks.

[Valmy]

Don't know if it was said already or not, maybe it's lost in the shuffle, but Osoff has won the other Georgia senate race.

Yeah. For whatever that is worth.

[crazy canuck]

Don't know if it was said already or not, maybe it's lost in the shuffle, but Osoff has won the other Georgia senate race.

Yeah. For whatever that is worth.

Only the ability of the Dems to actually do a little something called governing.

[Valmy]

Don't know if it was said already or not, maybe it's lost in the shuffle, but Osoff has won the other Georgia senate race.

Yeah. For whatever that is worth.

Only the ability of the Dems to actually do a little something called governing.

I know. It was a huge upset and vital win for the Democrats.

Things are pretty grim today though, otherwise.

[alfred russel]

Don't know if it was said already or not, maybe it's lost in the shuffle, but Osoff has won the other Georgia senate race.

Yeah. For whatever that is worth.

Only the ability of the Dems to actually do a little something called governing.

Yep, they can govern now.

To pass something through the house, they only need to keep 218 of their 222 members from defecting on any bill.

In the Senate, they won't be able to pass anything subject to a filibuster. Which is basically everything not budget or nomination related. But for those items that require 50 votes, they will be able to pass them so long as they get all their members in line, including Joe Manchin (the west virginia guy).

[Valmy]

Yeah it will be very hard to do shit.

But much easier than if they had 49 instead of 50.